قُلْبٌ

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قُلْبٌ and قَلْبٌ and قِلْبٌ The لُبّ, or شَحْمَة, or جُمَّار, [i. e. heart, or pith,] of the palm-tree; which is a soft, white substance, that is eaten; it is in the midst of its uppermost part, and of a pleasant, or sweet, taste: (TA: [see also جُمَّارٌ:]) or the best of the leaves of the palm-tree, and the whitest; which are the leaves next to the uppermost part thereof; and one of these is termed قُلْبَةٌ , with damm and sukoon: or قُلْبٌ, with damm, signifies the branches of the palm-tree (سَعَف [in my copy of the Msb سعفة]) that grow forth from the قلب [meaning heart]: (T, TA: [see العَوَاهِنُ and الخَوَافِى, pls. of عَاهِنٌ, or عَاهِنَةٌ, and خَافِيَةٌ:]) the pl. is قِلَبَةٌ, which is of the second, [or of all,] and قُلُوبٌ, a pl. of the second, and أَقْلَابٌ, a pl. [of pauc.] of the first.
2 And قُلْبٌ signifies also A bracelet that is worn by a woman, such as is one قُلْب, (S, O, TA, but in the O, one قَلْب,) [as though meaning such as is single, not double,] or such as is one قِلْد, meaning such as is formed by twisting [or rather bending round] one طَاق [i. e. one wire , likened to a yarn, or strand], not of a double طَاق; and they say سِوَارٌ قُلْبٌ; and قُلْبُ فِضَّةٍ i. e. a [woman's] bracelet [of silver], such as is not twisted [like a cord, or rope, of two or more strands, as are many of the bracelets worn by Arab women]: so called as being likened to the قُلْب of the palm-tree because of its whiteness; or, as some say, the converse is the case.
3 And A serpent: or a white serpent: likened to the bracelet so called.

def.2 قُلْبٌ as an epithet, and its fem. قُلْبَةٌ: see قَلْبٌ, last sentence, in three places.

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